Falwell was admitted to Lynchburg
General Hospital earlier this week with

a viral infection that has now been
diagnosed as pneumonia.
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Kimberly, as you mentioned,
Reverend Falwell has been suffering
from pneumonia, and last night
apparently was having a very difficult
time breathing.
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Jerry Falwell Junior, says the
congestion in his father's lungs was
very bad and the simple act of
breathing was exhausting him.

Doctors at Lynchburg General
Hospital reportedly placed Falwell on a
ventilator last night along with some
other treatments and today, he

apparently is feeling much better.

Falwell Junior says doctors have
ruled out any heart problems and
believe that the Liberty University
chancellor has a bad case of viral
pneumonia which cannot be treated with
antibiotics and must simply just run
its course.

Right now they are cautiously
optimistic about his recovery.
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Jerry Falwell Junior says
doctors are -quote- "astonished" -- at
the progress his father made overnight.
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into the college ranks.

Steve Mason checks in with
Volunteer's coah Pat Summit about the
newest way coaches keep in touch.
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1:13 a Text Message that is. The day we
visited with Wallace, she was

interrupted by a cellphone text message
from a UVa assistant coach. Like
Wallace, Moats receives text messages
from college coaches on a daily basis.

EMERY WALLACE

NICCI MOATS

This week, Tennessee coach Pat
Summitt, who has led the Vols to six
national titles since 1974, spent an
evening at Northside watching Moats in
the Blue Ridge district tournament.

PAT SUMMITT

Summitt has not offered Moats yet.
The junior will join a west Virginia
based AAU team after the season coached
by the father of a Tennessee player.
Wallace, who suffered a season ending
knee injury last week, plays ninth
months a year.

MOATS

WALLACE

Summitt's roster often has players
from California to Florida to Illinois
to New York and has watched the high
school game evolve in her 30 plus years
as UT's head coach.

SUMMITT

Wallace and Moats have played on the
same AAU team together but doubt they